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The 'Adam and Eve', Old Chelsea

Yale Center for British Art
Accession no: L.2005-120.22
State: C/3

Collection credit:Robert N. Whittemore Collection, on loan to the Yale Center for British Art.  
Image credit:Photo © Yale Center for British Art  
Provenance:Acquired by the Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2005.  

 

Paper size:221 x 349 mm  
Plate mark size:175 x 302 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:texture  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'OLD FERRY WHARF. / J. JOHNSON / COAL MERCHANT'; 'THE ADAM and EVE - / Wine & Spirit Establ'; 'STOP / PIT'; 'UEWS' - on buildings  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1750z16  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.